NAPIER, New Zealand (Reuters) - Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid stoically guided India to 119 for one at lunch on the fourth day of the second test against New Zealand at McLean Park on Sunday.

The tourists, who won the first match of the three-test series in Hamilton by 10 wickets, were still 195 runs behind New Zealand's 619 for nine declared after being bowled out for 305 in their first innings and forced to follow on.

India, who had resumed at 47 for one, adopted a conservative approach to occupy the crease and avoid defeat.

Gambhir was the more aggressive of the pair, taking successive boundaries off New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori's left arm spin and clearing the fielders hovering close to the bat.

The second boundary, his eighth, brought up his 11th test half century and he then moved past 2,000 test runs, accumulating 60 not out at the break. Dravid was on 34 after facing 139 deliveries.

India lost Virender Sehwag for 22 late on Saturday when the stand-in captain attempted an outlandish slog sweep to a straight delivery from Jeetan Patel and was trapped in front.